Check out the recent media mentions of sustainability-related programs, practices, people at UNC:
U. of Florida's Support for First-Generation Students: Helpful, but Pricey
The Chronicle of Higher Education
... At public institutions, in particular, state policy affects the ability to create and sustain such a program. Some public colleges with many needy students and limited state aid simply can't afford them, says Shirley A. Ort, associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and one of the architects of the Carolina Covenant.
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Oil Predicted To Hit Florida's Atlantic Coast, Not Gulf
National Public Radio
...At a meeting on Capitol Hill earlier this week, oceanographer Rick Luettich from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill said these storms will change the flow of oil in the Gulf. They set up huge counterclockwise wind patterns. Professor Rick Luettich (Oceanography, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill): As you make that counterclockwise rotation around the Gulf, you push things to the western Louisiana, you push things to Texas, areas that haven't seen them, but you also push them up against the Mississippi Delta.
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What if drilling goes really wrong? (Opinion-Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As the Deepwater Horizon disaster enters its third month, we are finding out more about what went wrong. It appears that corners were cut, and that none of the drilling operations had realistic plans for what would happen if a blowout occurred and backup systems failed. We also know that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) did not demand realistic assessments of what could go wrong pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review procedure.
Victor B. Flatt is the Taft distinguished professor of environmental law and director of the Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and Resources at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law. He is also a member scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform.
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Chapel Hill Garden Teaches Sustainable Gardening
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Sustainable gardening is the focus of three workshops at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill this summer. Laura Cotterman, who writes the garden’s publications, says these workshops offer something different for local gardeners. The three workshops cover several sustainable gardening topics. The first, taught by garden volunteer Greta Lee, focuses on permaculture, a sustainable approach to all aspects of design intended to mimic the relationships found in natural ecologies.
Click here to read more.
Another path to nuclear energy
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The ongoing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico emphasizes our need to develop other forms of energy. That need is particularly acute in North Carolina, where we have to import all of the oil and nearly all of the coal (from other states) that we use. We can learn a lot from India about the solution to these problems.
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-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at http://uncnews.unc.edu
U. of Florida's Support for First-Generation Students: Helpful, but Pricey
The Chronicle of Higher Education
... At public institutions, in particular, state policy affects the ability to create and sustain such a program. Some public colleges with many needy students and limited state aid simply can't afford them, says Shirley A. Ort, associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and one of the architects of the Carolina Covenant.
Click here to read more.
Oil Predicted To Hit Florida's Atlantic Coast, Not Gulf
National Public Radio
...At a meeting on Capitol Hill earlier this week, oceanographer Rick Luettich from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill said these storms will change the flow of oil in the Gulf. They set up huge counterclockwise wind patterns. Professor Rick Luettich (Oceanography, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill): As you make that counterclockwise rotation around the Gulf, you push things to the western Louisiana, you push things to Texas, areas that haven't seen them, but you also push them up against the Mississippi Delta.
Click here to read more.
What if drilling goes really wrong? (Opinion-Editorial)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
As the Deepwater Horizon disaster enters its third month, we are finding out more about what went wrong. It appears that corners were cut, and that none of the drilling operations had realistic plans for what would happen if a blowout occurred and backup systems failed. We also know that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) did not demand realistic assessments of what could go wrong pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review procedure.
Victor B. Flatt is the Taft distinguished professor of environmental law and director of the Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation and Resources at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law. He is also a member scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform.
Click here to read more.
Chapel Hill Garden Teaches Sustainable Gardening
WCHL 1360-AM (Chapel Hill)
Sustainable gardening is the focus of three workshops at the North Carolina Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill this summer. Laura Cotterman, who writes the garden’s publications, says these workshops offer something different for local gardeners. The three workshops cover several sustainable gardening topics. The first, taught by garden volunteer Greta Lee, focuses on permaculture, a sustainable approach to all aspects of design intended to mimic the relationships found in natural ecologies.
Click here to read more.
Another path to nuclear energy
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The ongoing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico emphasizes our need to develop other forms of energy. That need is particularly acute in North Carolina, where we have to import all of the oil and nearly all of the coal (from other states) that we use. We can learn a lot from India about the solution to these problems.
Click here to read more.
-Thanks to UNC News Services for finding these great stories AND compiling the summaries! You can find more UNC media coverage and stories online at http://uncnews.unc.edu
